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Ridgecrest Daily Independent - Ridgecrest, CA

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Posted Jun. 18, 2013 at 4:05 PM

Posted Jun. 18, 2013 at 4:05 PM

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Four people were arrested in connection to holding a mother and a child captive for two years, police said today. The people arrested allegedly beat the woman and her child, threatened death and threatened to have large snakes and pit bulls attack them, WOIO reported. The mom and child were rescued from a home in Ashland, Ohio, which is about 70 miles from Cleveland, where four people were rescued earlier this year.

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